CECASE

Centre of Excellence in Corrosion and Surface Engineering (CECASE)

ABOUT CECASE

In consonance with first Statutes for National Institutes of Technology and based on the minutes of 29th meeting of Board of Governors of NIT-T (pertinent to thrust areas under any other item) held on 6th January, 2012, the Centre of Excellence in Corrosion and Surface Engineering (CECASE) was formally inaugurated by Dr.T.Ramasami, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India with the august presence of Prof. Rajaram Nithyananda, Chairman, Board of Governors, NIT-Tiruchirappalli andDr.S.Sundarrajan, Director NIT-Tiruchirappalli on 26.02.2012. The Centre is poised for excellence in research and consultancy with many objectives including effective collaboration with small, medium and large scale industries. A team of fifteen members has been drawn from faculty of almost all Departments of this institute including Department of Management Studies, keeping in mind, the multidisciplinary nature of the Centre.

So far it has conducted eight events, including the mega one – Three one day colloquium which was inaugurated through video conferencing by Shri. Ashok Thakur, IAS, Secretary (Higher education), MHRD, Govt. of India, during December 10 – 12, 2012 and Conduct of National Conference during April 22-23, 2013. Launching of CECASE News Bulletin and Academic Programmes in M.S. (by Research) and Ph.D. in Corrosion and Surface Engineering for the benefit of Executives drawn from various industries such as Southern Railway, NLC – Neyveli and M/s. High Energy Batteries are two ongoing perennial events for CECASE.

A brief consolidated profile of CECASE as on 01.12.2014 is given below (for details please refer at appropriate places and also visit http://cecase-nitt.blogspot.in:

Sl. No.

Description of Technical Event / Activity

No. of Events / Activities

Duration held

No. of participants benefited

1.

Two Day Short term course

1

Oct 18 – 19, 2012

200

2.

One day Colloquium

3

Dec 10 – 12, 2012

40

3.

National Conference

1

April 22 – 23, 2013

102

4.

Program on Corrosion Awareness Day

1

April 22, 2013

-

5.

Three Day Workshop on Engineering Tribology (for M/s. Rane Group of Industries)

1

Oct 30 – 31 and Nov 1, 2014

25

6.

CECASE News Bulletin (Online – Version)

1

-

-

7.

MS (by Research) & Ph.D. Programmes

2

Since Jan 2013

15 (MS) + 05 (PhD)

8.

Publications in Journals of International Repute

20

-

-

9.

Paper Presentations in Internationals Conferences held abroad

7

SMT 26 @ France

-

10.

Paper Presentations in National & International Conferences held in India